Legal Opinion
Ball v. Bender
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 15, 1870No. 186PublishedCited by 2 opinions
APPEAL from Tenth District Court, parish of Caddo. Weems, J. This case was tried by a jury in the district court. .
1Opinion of the CourtWyly, J.
This suit is based on the following contract, viz:
*494“Shreveport, La., July 19, 1865.
“For and in consideration of forty-five bales of cotton, the property of Dr. I. U. Ball, which I acknowledge to have appropriated to the use of G. M. Bender, whose lawful agent I am, I hereby obligate the said Griffin M. Bender, as well as myself, to deliver to William Ball, agent for Dr. I. U. Ball, within • ninety days from this date, a like forty-five bales of cotton, in Shreveport, in good shipping order, to weigh twenty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety pounds.
“ (Signed) JAMES F. AINSLEY,
“ Agent for G.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cuny v. RobertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance v. Union Compress & Warehouse Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1956